•February 12, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
By Richard A. Beranty
The large number of Allied prisoners being funneled south to Rennes, France, following the D-Day invasion swelled the German transit camp to capacity so the decision was made to transport the men to permanent locations inside Germany. They had been captured from all points of the Normandy More »
•February 11, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
By Pat McTaggart
Colonel General Walter Model was a rising star in the German Army in early 1943. The son of a music teacher, Model was born on January 24, 1891, in Genthin, Saxony-Anhalt. In 1909, he joined the Kaiser’s army as an officer candidate, but the harsh training almost made More »
•January 29, 2019 • Read Comments (4)
The roles of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin in the betrayal of Eastern Europe. More »
•January 26, 2019 • Read Comments (7)
Relatively few U.S. generals lost their lives in World War II. More »
•January 20, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
The Battle of Cape Esperance helped dispel the myth of Japanese naval invincibility. More »
•January 20, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Relics of the fierce World War II battle lie underwater, waiting for exploration. More »
•January 20, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Photographer George Silk captured a familiar image of World War II in the Pacific. More »
•January 19, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
At the Pearl Harbor Attack and other locations, the Japanese would often employ kesshi, or ‘dare to die tactics.’ More »
•January 15, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis meta tragic fate during the last days of World War II.
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•January 14, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
German forces overran Yugoslavia rapidly in the Spring of 1941. More »
